Here’s everything that happened on 2/6/2025:
5:00am - Calling all “Ugly Betty” fans, Marc and Amanda - aka Michael Urie and Becki Newton - have announced they’re launching a rewatch podcast called “Still Ugly” in February.
5:19am - Catholic Relief Services has been gutted, laying off staff and cutting programs, due to Trump’s and Elon Musk’s closures at USAID.
6:02am - The Smurfs Movie has released a new poster where we learn that Rihanna will be voicing Smurfette.
6:16am - Tituss Burgess, best known for his role as Titus Andramadan in “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmitt”, will be the new Mary Todd Lincoln in Cole Escola’s HUGELY POPULAR Broadway play, “Oh, Mary!” beginning on March 18.
6:27am - Romance author Cat Maura has announced she’s launching a new romantasy series, starting with the first book, “A Curse of Shadows and Ice”.
6:40am - Warner Brothers has quietly added more than 30 full movies to a playlist on their YouTube channel that you can watch for free.
7:55am - Donald Trump announced that he is creating a White House Faith Office which will be led by televangelist Paula White, while also instructing Attorney General Pam Bondi to create a task force to root out “anti-Christian bias” in the federal government.
8:00am - Honeywell has announced that they’re splitting into 3 companies, one for aerospace, one for automation, and one for advanced materials.
8:52am - Southern Charm’s Madison LeCroy announced she’s expecting her second baby, her first with her husband, Brett Randle.
9:25am - Ed Sheeran shared a new photo on social media announcing new music, with the caption, “Savan excited coz we’ve wrapped the record.”
9:42am - Kelly Clarkson announced a summer residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
9:49am - An American service member and three defense contractors were killed in a plane crash on a mission in the Philippines.
10:00am - Love Island UK’s Season 2 stars Olivia Buckland and Alex Bowen announced that they’re pregnant with their second baby.
10:18am - Remember when I told you that The Cataracs & Dev were teasing new music, they announced today that a new single is coming out February 21, captioning the post “2025’s over…it’s officially 2010.”
10:27am - Virginia Halas McCaskey, the Chicago Bears owner, died at 102-years-old.
10:36am - Deadline is reporting that a “Victorious” spin-off series focusing on Trina Vega is in the works. Daniella Monet is set to reprise her role.
10:52am - Taco Bell is launching a Las Vegas-themed wedding package including an Elvis impersonator and hot sauce bouquet for $777.
11:41am - Lil Wayne announced his new album, “Tha Carter VI”, which will be released on June 6.
11:51am - FEMA workers in the California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, and US Pacific Island regions responding to the LA fires have received orders to use the word “alien” instead of “immigrant” when referring to undocumented people, in order to mirror ICE agents and homeland security officials.
12:51pm - One of Elon Musk’s 25-year-old DOGE staffers who was given top access to the Treasury Department’s payment system resigned today after the Wall Street Journal exposed social media posts from him that advocated for repealing the Civil Rights Act, as well as racism and eugenics, which were posted just weeks before Donald Trump’s inauguration.
2:12pm - LMFAO’s Redfoo – the creator of the song “Party Rock Anthem” – made his professional tennis debut at an international tournament in Egypt.
2:23pm - The NCAA officially changed their athletics policy today to remove all transwomen from women’s sports nationally.
2:37pm - Trump signed an Executive Order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court over their investigations into Israel.